First Responder Course
Duration
Full Time: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
Part Time: Friday 5:30pm-9:30pm, Saturday+Sunday 8:00am-5:00pm
Course Description:
Canadian Red Cross First Responder certification. 40 hours. Once Licensed, an additional WorkSafeBC “Out of Jurisdiction” package is to be filled out for an OFA 2 certification.
Comprehensive first aid and CPR skills for professional first responders or those training to become first responders. Course teaches the patient assessment model, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemorrhage control, and care for a variety of acute and chronic conditions. Participants will be engaged in dynamic training techniques including video, media presentations, skills demonstrations, practice sessions, discussions and scenarios based on real-life situations.
Audience
Professionals in a fire service, rescue team, workplace response team, sports-medicine professionals, lifeguards and ski patrol.
Prerequisites
None
Certification
3-year certification in First Responder (digital certificate issued upon successful completion
Recertification
20 hours (3 days)
Course Content
- The Professional Responder
- Responding to the call
- Infection prevention and control
- Anatomy and physiology
- Assessment
- Airway management and respiratory emergencies
- Circulatory emergencies
- Shock
- Hemorrhage and soft tissue trauma
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Chest, abdominal and pelvic injuries
- Head and spinal injuries
- Acute and chronic illnesses
- Poisoning
- Environmental illnesses
- Pregnancy, labour and delivery
- Special populations
- Crisis intervention
- Reaching, lifting and extricating patients
- Multiple-casualty incidents
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